BASED ON A TRUE STORY: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 06481014B67520
English Summary/英文概要： Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera and for falling down drunk in public. Now, she has no job, no relationship with her long-lost son, and a sad shortage of tranquilizers — but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely).
But when Frances Bleeker — an insecure and not very successful American tabloid journalist — tells Augusta that a man she once loved has written a book, Augusta becomes terrified that her life story will be revealed as the web of lies it really is. She sets out on a trans-Atlantic journey from London to California to seek revenge on her former lover — a journey that will require the reluctant help of Frances.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 奥古斯塔•普锐斯（化名）在英国以在夜间肥皂剧中扮演邋遢招待员并在公共场合醉酒而出名。现在，她没有工作，与她失散多年的儿子没有任何联系，而且镇静剂短缺——但是，她有写回忆录这个不太可能的打算（基于一个真实的故事，但很松散）。
当弗朗西斯•布勒克尔——一个不安全而且不是非常成功的美国小报记者，告诉奥古斯塔，一个她曾经爱过男人写了一本书，奥古斯塔吓坏了，觉得她的人生故事将被作为谎言而揭开。她开始了一趟跨大西洋的旅程从伦敦到美国加州，去寻找报复她的前情人——这个旅程将寻求弗朗西丝不情愿的帮助。(LNL)
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当弗朗西斯•布勒克尔——一个不安全而且不是非常成功的美国小报记者，告诉奥古斯塔，一个她曾经爱过男人写了一本书，奥古斯塔吓坏了，觉得她的人生故事将被作为谎言而揭开。她开始了一趟跨大西洋的旅程从伦敦到美国加州，去寻找报复她的前情人—— 这个旅程将寻求弗朗西丝不情愿的帮助。
在我们看来，市场上女性作家所写的文笔好，聪明，方便和有趣的书严重脱节了。《于一个真实的故事》填补了这一空白；如同《穿普拉达的女魔头》，它给读者带来了罕见行业的业内人士的观点——例如书中所写的小报新闻业；它还展示了类似于《末路狂花》的一个搞笑的典型女性公路旅行的故事，以及《单身日记》的漫画风格。
But when Frances Bleeker — an insecure and not very successful American tabloid journalist — tells Augusta that a man she once loved has written a book, Augusta becomes terrified that her life story will be revealed as the web of lies it really is. She sets out on a trans-Atlantic journey from London to California to seek revenge on her former lover — a journey that will require the reluctant help of Frances.
To our mind, there is a serious gap in the market for well written, smart, accessible and entertaining books for women. BASED ON A TRUE STORY fills that gap; like THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, it gives readers an insider’s view of a rarely seen industry — in this case tabloid journalism; it also provides a hilarious riff on the typical female road trip story, THELMA AND LOUISE, while delivering the comic bent of BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY.
About the Author/作者介绍： 伊丽莎白•伦泽蒂是环球邮报的专栏作家，并几年来在伦敦和洛杉矶分社工作。她的作品被编选进了散文集，她经常作为广播和电视评论员出现在荧幕。我们很高兴能够推出伦泽蒂的第一部小说，并在发布日期前举办一个大型的宣传活动。
Elizabeth Renzetti is a columnist for the Globe and Mail, and for several years worked the London and Los Angeles bureaus. Her work has been anthologized in collections of essays, and she regularly appears as a radio and television commentator. We are are very excited to be launching Renzetti’s first novel and will be putting on a big publicity campaign in advance of the release date.
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